Which to use
“adopter” and “avorter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,891
- “adopter” frequency rank
- #18,657
- “avorter” frequency rank
- 22548
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adopter | avorter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Choisir quelqu’un pour fils ou pour fille et lui en donner les droits civils en remplissant certaines conditions prescrites par la loi. | Mettre bas accidentellement un fœtus non viable (pour les femmes, on dit « faire une fausse couche »). |
Where the eye mixes adopter and avorter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adopter and avorter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: adopter vs avorter
A purely visual mix-up. adopter (\a.dɔp.te\) and avorter (\a.vɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adopter is recorded at frequency rank #3,891, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dɔp.te\. avorter is at rank #18,657, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.vɔʁ.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 22548, this pair ranks #357,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adopter vs avorter
Shared letters: aeort. Private to "adopter": dp. Private to "avorter": v.
"adopter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "avorter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adopter" and "avorter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "adopter" or "avorter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adopter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avorter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adopter" and "avorter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avortée vs avorter". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #357,387 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.